Charles Churchill Poems

Accursed the man, whom Fate ordains, in spite,
And cruel parents teach, to read and write!
What need of letters? wherefore should we spell?
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Health to great Glo'ster!--from a man unknown,
Who holds thy health as dearly as his own,
Accept this greeting--nor let modest fear
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These verses appeared with Churchill's name to them in the London
Magazine for , and there is no reason to doubt their being
genuine.
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Deep in the bosom of a wood,
Out of the road, a Temple stood:
Ancient, and much the worse for wear,
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Some of my friends (for friends I must suppose
All, who, not daring to appear my foes,
Feign great good-will, and not more full of spite
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The clock struck twelve; o'er half the globe
Darkness had spread her pitchy robe:
Morpheus, his feet with velvet shod,
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Grace said in form, which sceptics must agree,
When they are told that grace was said by me;
The servants gone to break the scurvy jest
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_P_. Farewell to Europe, and at once farewell
To all the follies which in Europe dwell;
To Eastern India now, a richer clime,
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Unknowing and unknown, the hardy Muse
Boldly defies all mean and partial views;
With honest freedom plays the critic's part,
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Horrid, unwieldly, without form,
Savage, as ocean in a storm,
Of size prodigious, in the rear,
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